Lea Michele
American actress and singer · United States · On the map · Actors · Born 1986 · age 40
Lea Michele Sarfati is an American actress, singer, and songwriter. She began her career as a child actress on Broadway, appearing in productions of Les Misérables (1995-1996), Ragtime (1997-1999), Fiddler on the Roof (2004-2005), and Spring Awakening (2006-2008).
Lea Michele is read about 2,859 times a day, in 52 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 400 days, one point a day.
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MISCAST26Film2024
Ragtime, The Musical: All-Star Reunion ConcertFilm, Special Guest2023
TIME100: The World's Most Influential PeopleFilm2022
Spring Awakening: Those You've KnownFilm2020
The Drew Barrymore ShowSeries2019
Same Time, Next ChristmasFilm, Olivia Anderson2018
American IdolSeries2017
The Wonderful World of Disney: Magical Holiday CelebrationFilm2016
ChelseaSeries2015Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress ComedyAward
Scream QueensSeries, 2015Hester Ulrich2014Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress ComedyAward
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's ReturnFilm, 2014Dorothy (voice)2013Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress ComedyAwardTime 100Award2012“I go back and forth between [being a vegan and not being a vegan]. I try lots of different things.”In their wordsJuly 2012“Lea Michele: From Gleek to Do-Gooder,” interview with Shape (July 2012).People's Choice AwardsAwardTeen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress ComedyAwardTV Guide AwardAward
Glee: Keep on Believin'Film, 20122011
A MusiCares Tribute To Barbra StreisandFilm2010Glamour AwardAwardNewNowNext AwardsAwardScreen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama SeriesAward, 2010TV Land AwardAward
ConanSeries, 2010
One Night Only: Barbra Streisand and Quartet at the Village VanguardFilm, 2010Audience2009New York Television FestivalAwardSatellite Award for Best Actress - Television Series Musical or ComedyAward2008
Sons of AnarchySeries, Gertie2006
Spring Awakening on BroadwayFilm, Wendla2005
Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony AwardsFilm, The Little Girl (segment "Ragtime") (archive footage)2003
The Ellen DeGeneres ShowSeries1999
Third WatchSeries, Sammi1998
Buster & Chauncey's Silent NightFilm, Christina (voice)
Creating RagtimeFilm, 1998The Little Girl1989
The SimpsonsSeries, Sarah (voice)1986Born29 August 1986People around Lea
Close ties
Dianna Agron Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Jane Lynch Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Idina Menzel Duets: Defying Gravity, Next to Me and Somewhere
Naya Rivera Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Chris Colfer Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Cory Monteith Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Jayma Mays Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Ryan Murphy Directed Scream Queens, Pilot and Showmance
Matthew Morrison Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Heather Morris Also in Glee, Theatricality and Born This Way
Amber Riley Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Mark Salling Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Kevin McHale Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Jenna Ushkowitz Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Jessalyn Gilsig Also in Glee, Pilot and Showmance
Brad Falchuk Wrote Pilot, Showmance and Born This Way
Mike O'Malley Also in Glee, Theatricality and Born This Way
Ian Brennan Wrote Pilot, Showmance and The Rhodes Not Taken
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon Directed Born This Way and Grilled Cheesus
Darren Criss Also in Glee, The Break Up and Big Brother
Eric Stoltz Directed Glee, Duets and Big Brother
Chord Overstreet Also in Glee, The Break Up and Big Brother
Harry Shum Also in Glee, Theatricality and The Break Up
Elodie Keene Directed Vitamin D and Theatricality
Known for
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Glee: The Concert Movie 2011
Same Time, Next Christmas 2019
Legends of Oz: Dorothy's Return 2014
New Year's Eve 2011
Also in Deutsch
Filmography 17
53 credits on file
Television 24
Media & music
On YouTube
558K subscribersListen
SpotifyPhotos 7
Michele at the premiere of Glee, May 11, 2009
Michele at the 2015 San Diego Comic-Con
Michele at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards in February 2017
Michele photographed during the run of Funny Girl in September 2022
Michele performing America the Beautiful at the Super Bowl XLV on February 6, 2011
Lea Michele at the 2010 Time 100 event at Lincoln Center in Manhattan, New YorkIn their own words 4
, It's so important, so comforting, to have lampposts in this world who can light the way.
Uniqueness is what makes you the most beautiful.
Find something you’re passionate about and you know, do something.
Awards
About this person
She found prominence playing Rachel Berry on the Fox series Glee (2009-2015), receiving nominations for an Emmy Award and two Golden Globe Awards. She also contributed to music recorded for the series, which spawned multiple hits on the Billboard charts and earned her a Grammy Award nomination.
